Richmond Newswire

Very challenging weather is on tap for Central Virginia for the next 48 hours with moisture over us and the arctic front due in here early Thursday. And the results of this will be vastly different from Fredericksburg to Emporia and Williamsburg to Charlottesville.
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Police say that Dejesus and Simpson hired Wells for a ride from Hopewell to the Mechanicsville area. When they reached their destination, authorities say that a fight broke out that incapacitated Wells.
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Monday night the CEO of Stone Brewery attended a Richmond City Council meeting for one of the last hurdles to give Stone Brewery land. The land transfer proposal that came up in City Council was passed.
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Attorneys for Bob McDonnell today filed the opening brief of the appeal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking reversal on all convictions, the next step in ensuring McDonnell's innocence is restored. Statement from Bob McDonnell: "The Appeals Court has clearly indicated that major issues should be heard during this process.
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Saturday night in Richmond, 8News joined in for a night of fine food and drinks to help feed neighbors in need. The annual gala known as Zest Fest was held from 6-10 p.m. at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
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Folks at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden are gearing up for the U-C-I Road World Championships. Yesterday, organizers announced the big cycling race will kick off at the gardens in Henrico County.
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The race is expected to attract 450,000 onsite spectators over nine days of racing and will be seen by hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide. Richmond 2015, the organizer of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, announced the official schedule and course for the race, which will be held in our backyard in September.
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Two big snow storms in the past two weeks have eaten away at school snow days. So far, Chesterfield County is the only local school system that has adjusted its calendar because of the winter weather, announcing last week it would be adding 15 minutes to the end of each day starting March 2nd through April 30th.
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Richmond city gets a little bit of the Hollywood flare this weekend as the Richmond International Film Festival starts today and goes through Sunday. The festival will show over a hundred films at three venues with a new program added specifically for this year.
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Due to the winter storm forecasted to hit Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Amtrak is suspending some of its services for Thursday, February 26th. Northeast Regional Train 174 between Norfolk and Richmond, Northeast Regional Train 66 between Newport News and Richmond and Northeast Regional Train 94 between Newport News and Washington D.C.are all canceled.
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Three people were arrested and charged after an officer working with the FBI in Richmond uncovered a prostitution at a motel off of Midlothian Turnpike. 18-year-old Mayra Sanchez, 20-year-old Joseph Williams, and 20-year-old Aaron Allen are all facing a long list of charges after an online ad for escorts led authorities to them.
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